We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2 Daly Barnett. “Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening.” EFF, December 9, 2021. ↩ Lawrence Abrams. “Google warns uBlock Origin and other extensions may be disabled soon.” Bleeping Computer, October 13, 2024. ↩

We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

  • tekato@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    How are they doing that? They’re simply making money by putting Google search as the default. Changing it literally takes a few seconds.

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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      13 days ago

      They developed the “privacy sandbox” together. And in terms of cashflow, they depend on that google money. They’re in trouble without it

      • tekato@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        And in terms of cashflow, they depend on that google money. They’re in trouble without it

        That’s irrelevant. The only thing important is what they have to do for that money, which is setting Google as the default search engine. This only “hurts” you if you don’t take 15 seconds to change the default.

      • yoasif@fedia.ioOP
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        13 days ago

        They developed the “privacy sandbox” together.

        Yeah that’s not true.

        • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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          13 days ago

          Chrome came up with that feature a while back. Now firefox is adding the same. And then later I learned it was a cooperative effort, just not under the same name

          • yoasif@fedia.ioOP
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            13 days ago

            And then later I learned it was a cooperative effort, just not under the same name

            Source?